General Description

Soldier was wounded in action at Hill 200, Ulu Pandan on 12.2.1942. Admitted to 2/13th Australian General Hospital with a shrapnel wound to his right foot. Discharged to unit on 21.2.1942. Soldier was evacuated from Aungganaung 105km Camp to Khonkan 55km Camp, Burma on 28 August 1943 aged 36 years.

George Lee was born 1907 Woodford Bridge, Bromley, Essex, England. We believe ‘John’ as he preferred to be known, sailed from London on “Bendigo’ and arrived 20 December 1926. He was 19 years of age.

He enlisted 16 April 1941and joined ‘A’ Company. As a POW he was selected in Singapore with ‘A’Force Green Force No. 3 Battalion to sail to Burma to work on the northern end of the Burma-Thai railway. He was evacuated to Khonkan 55 km Camp from Aungganaung 105km Camp, Burma where he died of cardiac beri beri aged 36 years.